# RO-QA (rōqaḥ)

> compounded perfume, ointment (vessel label)

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: rōqaḥ
- Confidence: Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Root: [\*rVḳVḥ-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/S15/index.md>) 'to mix aromatics, compound ointment' 1, 'perfumer, ointment-mixer' 2
- Kind: Commodity
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: RO (ro) · QA (qa)

## Compared forms

- Hebrew: *rōqaḥ* — rōqaḥ 'compounded perfume' (Exod 30:25, 35); rōqēaḥ 'perfumer' (Exod 30:25; 37:29)
- Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎖𐎈 *rqḥ* — rqḥ 'perfumer, druggist' (DULAT 734); rqḥ 'perfume, ointment' (GlOS 2, 165)
- Eblaite: GIŠ.NAGA = rí-ga-tum 'spiced, oily ointment'; Ì.RÁ.RA = ra-gi-um 'oil-perfumer' (GlOS 2, 165)
- Akkadian: raqqû in bīt raqqî 'perfume makers' bureau' (CAD R 174)

## Attestations

- [SY Za 11](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/SYZa11/index.md>): RO-QA

## Commentary

SY Za 11, the sole word on a stone vessel from the Syme sanctuary: · RO-QA. Heb. rōqaḥ 'compounded perfume' (Exod 30:25, 35), final ḥ unwritten; a label for the vessel's contents. Rival: rōqēaḥ 'perfumer' (Ug. rqḥ, DULAT 734), the maker or owner. One attestation. See *401, OLE+RI, VIN+RA and RO-KE.

## Same root

- [\*401](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*401/index.md>) (ruqqû)
- [\*401+RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*401~2BRU/index.md>)
- [OLE+RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/OLE~2BRI/index.md>) (riqqu)
- [VIN+RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/VIN~2BRA/index.md>) (raqḥ)
- [RO-KE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/RO-KE/index.md>) (rōqēaḥ)

## References

- Reading: di Mino; GlOS 2
- DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts
- CAD R: Oriental Institute (Erica Reiner and Martha T. Roth, eds.) (1999), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 14, R. The Oriental Institute, Chicago
- GlOS 2: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2024), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 2: l – z. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/2,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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